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Giants Acquire Jake Barrett, Designate John Andreoli

By Jeff Todd | February 5, 2019 at 2:20pm CDT

The Giants announced another move on the fringes of the team’s 40-man roster, acquiring righty Jake Barrett from the Diamondbacks after he was recently designated for assignment by the Arizona organization. Just-claimed outfielder John Andreoli was in turn designated to create space.

This is hardly the first time the San Francisco organization has undertaken such fast-paced roster churn this winter. Whether the club is mostly seeking to stash players off of the 40-man, or simply keeps finding new players it prefers to the others it has claimed, the result has been a fair bit of movement.

In this case, the 27-year-old Barrett will come aboard after his once-promising MLB career fizzled in Arizona. He has shown an ability to get strikeouts at the game’s highest level and could compete for a pen job in camp.

Andreoli may yet be an outfield option for the Giants, if he clears waivers, but will need to earn his way back onto the 40-man roster in that case. This is now the third time this winter that Andreoli has been designated for assignment.

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29 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    Oliver Drake, meet John Andreoli

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  2. gmenfan

    6 years ago

    These “fringe of the 40 man roster” moves are great and all, but could we maybe get some 25 man roster moves, Farhan ?

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    • kobo77

      6 years ago

      Not just Farhan issue…it’s an mlb issue at this point. However, with this market it can only benefit Farhan as it is giving him endless time to turn over as many rocks as possible and by the time it’s all done we may have better players on the field. I believe he even said last week….patience

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      • gmenfan

        6 years ago

        No doubt. And I dont see Farhan wanting, or really being in the position, to set the market. Once the upper tier of players find a home, the pieces will start falling in place.

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        • 22Leo

          6 years ago

          Which pieces would those be?

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  3. OhthePossibilities

    6 years ago

    Andreoli is really racking up the frequent flier miles.

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    • txjags

      6 years ago

      Because he is actually traveling from city to city and team to team during the offseason?????

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      • nowheredan

        6 years ago

        Lol

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      • jorge78

        6 years ago

        To meet his new bosses!
        Make a good first impression!

        Reply
  4. Francys01

    6 years ago

    This could be a good acquisition for Zaidi.

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  5. nuschler22

    6 years ago

    Barrett played on the US national team. 9 or so years ago. The under 18 national team.

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  6. Jesus Christ 2.Oh

    6 years ago

    I could see Farhan dumpster diving just for the thrill of it…

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    • stubby66

      6 years ago

      Well Stern probably took one year off of there retooling when he did his dumpster diving in his first year

      Reply
  7. prestigeworldwide

    6 years ago

    do the dbacks get anything in return? He isn’t waived and still under control right.

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    • carneylansford80

      6 years ago

      Tickets to the Catalina Wine Mixer including helicopter transportation.

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      • gmenfan

        6 years ago

        Boats and hoes, boats and hoes…

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    • obsessivegiantscompulsive

      6 years ago

      He was bought, so Dbacks probably got nominal amount of cash, $100K maybe? Can’t imagine it would be much more than that.

      Reply
  8. imgman09

    6 years ago

    This is why some of these moves are not worth a response til Rosters are set for opening day unless your good at useless information as seen above ^

    Reply
  9. Jagordon85

    6 years ago

    How does this work? is Andreolli going through a waiver process or is he now on the minor league roster for the Rivercats?

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    • obsessivegiantscompulsive

      6 years ago

      Assume Andreoli goes through waivers, and if he is unclaimed, probably ends up in AAA, probably NRI to spring training.

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  10. JayRyder

    6 years ago

    I think this might be a good pickup. The guy had a good season last year at AAA

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  11. sidewinder11

    6 years ago

    What’s the return?

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    • scottn59c

      6 years ago

      A pint of Anchor Steam and a 2014 World Championship poster

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    • pustule bosey

      6 years ago

      one of those replica ws rings they gave away with san francisco giants scratched out and arizona Diamondbacks written over it

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  12. sfjackcoke

    6 years ago

    Andreolli goes through waivers and if no one adds him to their 40 man then yes he can go to Sac.

    The 25 man market is stuck and won’t really get unstuck until teams determine they out on Kuechel, Harper, Machado or these guys actually sign. Harper helps in particular with the OF market both trade and FA and Kuechel on the SP side which could impact the calls to SF about MadBum.

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  13. Jbigz12

    6 years ago

    Does a player receive any financial compensation for being claimed? A travel bonus or something? I’ve always wondered if that was the case. I would imagine it’s an insignificant sum but I was curious if they get anything for this?

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    • pustule bosey

      6 years ago

      they get a high 5 and a pat on the butt

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    • Jeff Zanghi

      6 years ago

      I don’t think they do – but I have always wondered/thought that they should get something. I mean this kid Andreoli grew up down the street from me, and like yeah he’s getting to play baseball which is a dream come true I’m sure — but at the same time. The dude’s a 28 year old man, trying to have some semblance of a life and he probably can’t even afford to go look at potential apartments never mind get one in his ‘new city’ like I suppose it might be kind of exciting with so many teams (almost…) wanting you on their ML (40-man) roster. But at the same time it’s got to be wicked stressful not knowing when or where you’re even going to be living in a month or two.

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  14. number1dodger

    6 years ago

    Get use to Farhan and his bad choice of players.

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